Capital Motorist's Attackers Linked To New Outrage
Four teenage assailants chased Marlin Pershall and his wife after a Sunday encounter. Mathew Dallas and Harold Stephens, 16 and 17, were implicated in another downtown assault on Grady Walker. Police linked the incidents to a taxi-driver beating in Shawnee and noted mixed police records for the youths.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marlin Joe Pershall
Pershall
Mathew Dale Dallas
Harold Woodrow Stephens
Grady Walker
Walker
Dallas
Stephens
Texas
Oklahoma
Hospital births and admissions listed in Oklahoma item
Births reported across several families including Turner G in Binger and Hutson in Wichita Falls, with birth times and weights. Admissions list patients such as Lucille Hoahwah Indiahoma for surgery and Gary Don Simmons for surgery, plus several medical dismissals and multiple births noted with parent names and locations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Turner
Binger
John Gouladdle
Arlington
Lucille Hoahwah Indiahoma
Alvin Smith
Southwestern
Gilbert Hutson
C. O. Bachhofer
A T. Jines
Perryton
Tex
Cache
Robert W. Easley
B. Reeves
Manitou
W. Beauchamp
Indiahoma
James Henderson
Garfield
Frank Peters Sr
Faxon
A R. Witherspoon
Altus
Kathern Hefner
Oak
Five Charged On Traffic Counts In County
Five persons faced charges on traffic violations by County Attorney Manville Redman. Tuesday's overweight truck cases included Owen E. McCaslin 43 Fort Smith and William Leon Collins 29 Elmer Okla. Today had Robert Andrew Hancock 19 Snyder charged for speeding at night. Harvey Hayes 19 Fort Sill and Tommie F Eiseman 35 1009 D were charged with using improper mufflers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manville Redman
Owen E. McCaslin
Fort Smith
William Leon Collins
Elmer
Okla
Robert Andrew Hancock
Snyder
Harvey Hayes
Fort Sill
Tommie F. Eiseman
Band and Pep Club Travel to Ardmore Grid Clash
Lawton high school band and Wolverettes pep club will accompany the football team to Ardmore Friday night for the annual game between the two schools. The band, directed by James T. Matthews, will perform at halftime and salute the host school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawton High School
Wolverettes
Ardmore
James T. Matthews
Eisenhower cuts in defense outlays for current year
Budget revisions lower total major national security program outlays to 41.9 billion dollars from 44.86 billion, with Army, Air Force, and Navy reductions. Air Force bears about 800 million in cuts, while other programs including mutual military aid and atomic energy see smaller adjustments. Debt projection rises to 274.5 billion by next June 30.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eisenhower
Congress
Korea
McNeil
Air Force
Navy
Commodity Credit Corporation
Esti
Elisenhower
Fire destroys rental home on Summit in early morning blaze
Cecil Hill owner of 910 Summit rent house reports $8,500 in damage after a 4:30 a.m. fire gutted the dwelling. He says the total loss includes $1,000 in furniture and the origin is still undetermined.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cecil Hill
Hill
State Signs Half Price Tire Contract for Oklahoma Agencies
The Oklahoma Standardization Committee and tire makers Goodrich General Tire sign a six month contract with a six month renewal option offering discounts up to nearly 50 percent. Prices apply to state agencies counties and schools with protections against price increases and options for revisions if prices fall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
State Standardization Committee
B. F. Goodrich Co
General Tire and Rubber Co
Goodrich
Miami
Okla
Oklahoma
Dayton Rubber Co
Pennsylvania Tire Co
Dayton
Pennsylvania
Standardzation
Nygen
Food Relief Faces Backlog As Aid Supplies Delay
Wynn plans return to Lawton to meet with Woesner and Commissioner Bill Kleeman on findings about delays. Woesner notes more families join the needy list as the next certification is expected to rise. Surplus commodities including pinto beans and lard will be supplied quickly, while officials determine what to tell the public about the holdup.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wynn
Lawton
Woesner
Bill Kleeman
Grade School Band Draws 100 Students
Approximately 100 Lawton elementary students registered Tuesday for the annual grade school band program under the Lawton public school system. Interested students may confer with James Matthews or George Walters this week from 1 to 5 p.m. scheduling first meeting Friday at 4 p.m. in the junior high band room.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawton
James Matthews
George Walters
Miss May Schofield Injured At EvangElism Meeting
Miss May Schofield of 708 Gore fell Tuesday night at an Oklahoma City evangelism meeting, suffering a severe back strain and no broken bones. She was admitted to St. Anthony's hospital to remain through Friday. Mrs. Richard Morrison of 1804 Floyd returned from a weekend visit at Grandfield with her parents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
May Schofield
Gore
Oklahoma City
St. Anthony's Hospital
Richard Morrison
Floyd
Grandfield
Henry M. Douglas
Oklahoma City Market Prices and Livestock Report
Oklahoma City and surrounding market prices show varying dairy and poultry figures with wheat and eggs listed across towns. Cattle calves hogs and sheep activity reported with steady to stronger undertones for steers and heifers while cows retreat. hogs and lambs show mixed but mostly steady or modestly lower trends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
State Department of Agriculture Today
Geena
Frederick
Bison
Hennessey
Kingfisher
Alva
Blackwell
el Reno
Enid
Fairview
Hobart
Lawton
Medford
Vici
Yukon
Clinton
Guyman
Hooker
Broilers
F.o.b
Agee
Vinita
Tulsa
McAlester
Laverne
Watonga
Elk City
Muskogee
Chickasha
Pauls Valley
Ardmore
Chandler
Durant
Pauls Key
Reno
Pauls Vebe
City
Bed
USDA
aKnsas
Ministers Received into Presbytery Names and Details
Dr Baker and Rev Paul D Hanna hosted two candidates for the ministry Phillip Spencer of Elmira New York who served Fort Sill and Carl Moore of Oklahoma City New ministers received Rev W H Foster assistant pastor of Central church Oklahoma City and Dr Percy Buchanan director of Asiatic affairs University of Oklahoma Norman Stated clerk Rev Sam Riccobene Central church Shawnee
Oklahoma Speech Educators Conference Set for Oct 12
Mrs. Opal Ford, Lawton high school speech instructor, named one of three sectional meeting chairmen for the eighth annual Oklahoma Speech Educators conference at the University of Oklahoma. The event, October 12, aims to prepare for upcoming district and state high school tournaments and showcase new developments in the field. Dr. Winifred Ward will be the conference’s chief speaker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Opal Ford
Lawton
Oklahoma
University of Oklahoma
Forthcome
Schoo
Winifred Ward
Northwestern University
Cityans Enroll At Okmulgee Tech For Fall Semester
Roy M. Walden and Phil C. Stanton of Lawton enrolled at Oklahoma A&M Tech Okmulgee for the fall term. Walden takes refrigeration while Stanton studies diesel courses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Okmulgee
Roy M. Walden
Phil C. Stanton
Lawton
Oklahoma A&m Tech
Walden
Stanton
Savings bonds sales hit nine year high in August
The U S Treasury reports savings bonds sales reached a nine year high with August at 415 million dollars, 20 percent above July and total year sales near 3.5 billion. Banks life insurers and savings institutions show rising activity while consumer spending slows. The shift suggests cautious saving behavior even as merchants anticipate holiday demand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Treasury
U.S. Treasury
Convicted crook Ray details 14 years on the run and prison life
The sheriff calls the case solid as rock as Ray admits guilt and seeks a lie detector test. He recounts a 1936 burglary leading to the Cordell murder, an East Coast narcotics career, and a string of crimes from Brooklyn to State College. He claims birth date changes and outlines a violent path ending in Texas prison actions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State College
Rock of Gibraltar
Ray
George Goodman
Cordell
Goodman
Dallas
Herbert
the Cat) Noble
Brooklyn
New Jersey
Oe King
Penn State
Ing
Candy
Detroit
Rachel
Lawton
Oklahoma
Bill Decker
Texas
Area Man in Service Capt. Barton Richards in Germany
Capt. Barton F Richards 31 aviation officer with the First Infantry division serves in Germany. His wife Patricia lives at 1317 Spaulding and his father James A Richards at 1135 W Sunset drive. He arrived overseas last July.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barton Richards
Germany
Barton F. Richards
Patricia
Spaulding
Richards
James A. Richards
Sunset Drive
Water and Sewer Officials Meet in Southwestern Oklahoma
Officials from towns and cities in southwestern Oklahoma gather for an all day conference directed by Oklahoma A&M College and the State Department of Health. The program includes two division panel discussions and films on latest equipment and handling processes for water supply and sewage disposal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Enden
Oklaha
Oklahoma A&m College
State Department of Health
Security Bank & Trust Company
Firefighters Quell Laundry Roof Blaze at Tip Top Laundry
A brief fire on the roof of the Tip Top Laundry at 515 S Fifth was extinguished by Engine Company No 1 before causing damage. Firemen said burning refuse blew from washing machines through a roof vent and appeared sparked from an unknown source.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tip Top
S. Fifth
County road projects and resurfacing in Oklahoma
Work includes Jackson County road 5 miles south of Altus resurfacing 4.510 miles with mn and Brooks in Oklahoma City for 4 213 dollars. Duncan SH 7 Main Street from F1 east to Willow Creek bridge 0.070 mile asphaltic concrete resurfacing by Poston Construction Co. Norman SH 9 74 from SH 9 and 74 junction across Canadian River 2 060 miles crushed rock base four lane asphalt surface by Pacing Co. Comanche County road from US 62 at Cache south 4 002 miles grading drainage gravel surface by Poston Construction Co. Cache Creek bridge reconstruction 0.042 mile by W. Lynch at 6 050 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackson County
Altus
Haskell Lemon
Oklahoma City
Stephens County
Willow Creek
Duncan
Mn & Brooks
Cleveland-McClain
Norman
Canadian River
Pacing Co
Oklata
Comanchery
U. S. 62
Cache South
Poston Construction Co
Lawton
Comanche County
Cache Creek
W. Lynch
Big west movie crew tours park refuge in quest for location
At a park refuge a touring crew scouts possible site for a major western film while a public auction on September 23 will sell ninety head from the lone horn herd. The herd began in 1927 after two officials visited Texas and bought cattle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Schrader
Texas
Firefighters Contain Roadside Blaze Near Cache
Steddom and Colwell spotted roadside fires on the west side of the highway and alerted refuge headquarters. Bill Red Elk Junior Red Elk and refuge crews joined 80 Fort Sill range office personnel to control the blaze that spread into timber before dawn. Greenwalt urged visitors to use caution as drought leaves the area tinder dry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colwell
Refuge
Bill Red Elk
Junior Red Elk
Cache
Steddom
Fort Sill
Greenwalt
Navy Band Concert Set Here
The United States Navy band performs in Lawton in two concerts on October 14 at Lawton High School gym. Proceeds benefit the local band fund for uniforms and supplies. Matinee 1:30 p.m. and 8 p.m. Tickets: matinee adults 1.00 student 0.75. evening reserved 2.00, general 1.25, students 0.75.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Navy
Lawton
Lawton High School
James T. Matthews
Ferris
Fort Sill
Williams Named Aide To Chairman For Red Cross Drive
Col. E. C. Williams of Lawton, a prominent banker and former Comanche county Red Cross head, is appointed aide to Stanley Allyn national chairman for the 1955 Red Cross membership and funds drive. Allyn names Williams as a vice chairman for Oklahoma for the upcoming campaign. notice came via telegram to county headquarters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Col
E. C. Williams
Lawton
Stanley Es Allyn
American Red Cross
Comanche County
Col. Williams
Allyn
Oklahoma
Eden Seeks British French Pact On West Germany
British and French leaders weigh a new alliance for West Germany drawing on pledges from Britain the United States and Germany. Mendes France seeks guarantees to keep foreign forces in Germany bar German major weapons and cap manpower. Eden may call a London conference with seven allies plus the United States and Canada to detail the plan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
NATO
Britain
United States
East Germany
Mendes- France
Germany
EDC
West Germany
France
Eden
NATO Council
London
Mendes-France
Canada
Paris
U.S
Washington
State Dulles
Bonn
Youth MYF Meeting Set by 11 Area Churches
Young people from 11 area churches will attend a sub district meeting of the Methodist Youth fellowship at 7 30 p m Thursday in the First Methodist church. Junior and senior high MYF groups will participate in the program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Methodist Youth Fellowship
First Methodist Church
Roerenen Ave
Canton River Town Houses And Families On The Water
The author notes Canton houses are tall and green streets arcaded with shade. The river hosts over 56 000 people in boats, forming a floating town with restaurants shops and a municipal fire service. Sun Yat-sen is celebrated in a memorial park and statue. The journey ends near Hong Kong boundary. the visit aims to ease East West tensions and promote peace.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canton
Peking
Bologna
Oxford College
Kwantung Province
Sun Yat-sen
Kuomintang
Hong Kong
America
Britain
Geneva
China
Far East
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Capital Motorist
Marvin Resnick
Ralphaer
Wichita
Robert G. Wilson
Walters
Bertha McCaw
Donald Borden
Hugh D. Borden
Geronimo
Henry Scantlin
Cameron College
Fred Pohleman
Luther Pitts
Bell
Med
Ralph Maybry
Robert A. Marra
Roy Morales
Gerald Palmer
Leo Morris
Don McNeill
Keanery Es
Everest & Jennings
Chicago
Presbyterians
Citran
O’neal
Sheridan Road
McCord
Water, Sewer
U.S. Navy Band
Williams
Thomas E. Stanton
Gore Blvd
Amc
M&d
E Ave
G. Andrews
Mel’s
Feys
Ecissors
Huntine & Fishing
Brandon and Kephart
MBING
PLU
Lee
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